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    • 2010 Conference Scholarships Program Now Open

      Published on: Nov 02, 2009
      The ACA Foundation is now accepting accepting applications for Scholarship Awards for the ACA 2010 Annual Conference. The Awards cover Conference registration fees for counseling grad students, with one Grand Prize Scholarship also providing 3 nights hotel for the Conference.
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    • Graduate Student Scholarship Grant Competitions Begin

      Published on: Oct 27, 2009
      Two essay competitions for counseling graduate students, each offering a Grand Prize of a $2,500 Scholarship Grant, are now underway. These ACA Foundation-run competitions also award scholarship grants of $500 to runners-up.
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    • 6th Annual Graduate Student Ethics Competition

      Published on: Oct 14, 2009
      The American Counseling Association is pleased to announce the opening of the 6th Annual Graduate Student Ethics Competition. This program is designed to offer Graduate Students an opportunity to work in teams to compete in how to handle the hypothetical ethical cases at both the Masters and Doctoral degree levels.
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    • Important Victory---California Becomes 50th State to License Professional Counselors

      Published on: Oct 12, 2009
      On October 11, 2009, the counseling profession achieved a historic goal with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's signing into law of California Senate Bill 788, establishing licensure of professional clinical counselors in the state.
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    • Call for Nominations for Committee Appointments

      Published on: Sep 12, 2009
      ACA President-Elect Marcheta Evans is seeking nominations for American Counseling Association committee appointments. She will be appointing professional members for each committee who will serve a three-year term, and a student representative to each committee for a one-year term.
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    • California Counselor Licensure Bill on Governor Schwarzenegger’s Desk

      Published on: Aug 18, 2009
      The counseling profession’s long-standing goal of achieving recognition in all 50 states is a major step closer to completion. In the final hours of its legislative session, the California legislature approved a bill establishing licensure of professional clinical counselors in the state.
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    • 2010 ACA National Awards Nominations Now Open

      Published on: Aug 01, 2009
      The Awards Committee of the American Counseling Association announces the start of the nomination process for the 2010 ACA National Awards. The Awards will be presented at the ACA 2010 Annual Conference in Pittsburgh.
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    • ACA is blogging: my.counseling.org

      Published on: Jun 24, 2009
      ACA just launched its newest communications vehicle: an ACA blog. Join the conversation. Recent topics: standards, TV shows that focus on mental health treatment and therapy, and much more!
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      Published on: Jun 01, 2009
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    • Worth Reading and Sharing: Information on Bullying

      Published on: May 21, 2009
      Bullying appears very often in the health and safety concerns expressed by students, parents, and educators. From the school to the playground to the community mall, aggressive, violence-prone youth are causing anguish for many of their peers.
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